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Facebook Inc.’s Andrew Bosworth, head of virtual and augmented reality products and hardware, said the social-media company will be making its "biggest AR/VR news" to date at the F8 conference in May. Bosworth didn’t expand on his remarks, made on Twitter, but Facebook has been working on several new products in the category, people familiar with…

Stocks and bonds duked it out over how to interpret the Fed's latest minutes, and it seems the bond market is winning. The Fed signaled in its latest meeting minutes that it will continue to raise rates, but stocks initially rallied on a seeming silver lining in that the Fed does not seem overly worried…

Ford's North America president Raj Nair is leaving the company, effective immediately. The announcement follows an internal investigation into reports of inappropriate behavior, Ford said Wednesday. The inquiry determined "certain behavior by Nair was inconsistent with the company's code of conduct." "We made this decision after a thorough review and careful consideration," said Ford President…

Toys R Us is at risk of breaching a covenant on one of its loans, intensifying concerns about its ability to emerge from bankruptcy protection, sources familiar with the situation tell CNBC. The storied toy retailer secured a $3.1 billion loan from a group of lenders led by J.P. Morgan Chase prior to filing for…

[The stream is slated to start at 4:15 p.m., ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump meets Wednesday with people affected by American school shootings. Trump will listen to possible solutions for gun control and school safety following the shooting deaths of 17…

General Electric shares have slid nearly 17 percent this year as the stock's stunning decline continues, and some market participants see further downside looming. GE fell Wednesday for a second straight session, trading below key benchmark technical indicators and failing to break above $15 per share. The stock opened lower the session prior after a…

Olivier Douliery | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jerome Powell, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump's nominee as chairman of the Federal Reserve, arrives to a nomination announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Well, that was confusing. There were no news…

For Facebook, this was just the start. The company now has more than 7,500 community operations staffers reviewing cases of potential self-punishment, as well as other sensitive issues like bullying and sexual violence. "Anything that is safety related, like a threat of suicide or self-harm, is actually prioritized, so it's sent for faster review," said…

Robert Weaver, the man picked by President Donald Trump to head the troubled Indian Health Service only to run into questions about the accuracy of his resume, is no longer the nominee for that post, a federal official confirmed to CNBC. Weaver's withdrawal from consideration was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which had…

I've never been particularly picky about my bath towels. "Just throw me a towel that can dry me off after a shower and I'm good to go!" —me, up until a few years ago. Well. That was all until I discovered the Best Towel Ever™, one gifted to me by my dear ol' mom (because,…